Wang Ziqing is 14 years old. Zhu Jiayuan is 15. On March 15, 2025, they were riding together on an electric scooter along a street in the Chengxiang District of Putian, China, when they saw a woman lying on the ground next to her bicycle.
They stopped. They helped her up. Nothing more.
The woman, 71-year-old Zhu Yuhong, had lost her balance while dodging a car coming out of an intersection. The area’s security cameras recorded everything: the scooter never touched her. Traffic police confirmed it and classified the case as a no-contact accident, with Zhu Yuhong herself primarily responsible for failing to pay attention to the road.
Even so, months later, the woman sued the teenagers. She demanded 224,307 yuan, about 41,000 Singapore dollars, for twelve days of hospitalization, nursing care, and psychological distress. Her argument: the mere appearance of the scooter had frightened her so much that she fell.
The trial was scheduled for February 26, 2026, at the Putian court. Wang Ziqing’s mother decided to tell the story in a video, and the case went viral throughout China.
The outrage was so great that Zhu Yuhong withdrew the lawsuit before a judge could hear it.
Two girls got off a scooter to help a stranger up from the ground. They nearly ended up paying for it.